Agree. Too little, too late.

Cable is on death row, and nothing will save it from the Internet.

I'm waiting for the networks to discover that they can stream their own channel on the Internet from their own servers - and thus have complete controll over commercials, based on the viewer's IP, time zone, and other demographics. Neilson can only dream of the ratings data they could gather. If Facebook can IPO for a gagillion dollars, why can's [your-favorite-channel] make a killing without the cable company as a middle man?

Yes, smart meters are really unsafe! I recommend you grab your cell phone and call in to complain about it- thereby pressing an RF transmitter in direct contact with your skull. So you can complain about one on the outside corner of your home.

Mod parrent to +Infinity. Navteq is by far the worst GPS/mapping database out there. Even the half-hearted, "croud-sourced" Waze is better.

I frequently use my iPhone's mapping system when I'm in my van with the Navteq system. It's not just the road mistakes & outdated info, it's also the interface. I recently tried to get directions to my town's YMCA. After 10 minutes, the best match I could find was one over 1,000 miles away. 3 seconds with Siri and I had directions.

I am completly convinced that the deveopers of Navteq systems don't actually use it themselves. It's that bad.
 

Wheels.We've got racks in tight corners, and the solution was to put the rack on wheels, and a lot of slack on everything going to the rack.

Keep in mind that the diagonal of a square is longer than the side. Leave room to rotate without mashing hands.

Sanctions? I thought that was political speak for "shame on you". They don't do anything real.

Can anyone name an international issue or conflict that was resolved by sanctions?

Ditto here. Failed the "spouse test". Ugly color, and the brightness swings wildly depending on temperature. I have one in the garage, and every time I go out there I am reminded that I will never buy another CFL bulb. I remain skeptical on LED bulbs.

Put another way, if they were selling a bulb for $60 that gave *free* light for 1 to 18 years, would you buy it? I don't think I would... light bulbs use so little power, and there are other areas with a much greater bang for the buck.

I've always thought that intelligence was the result of an optimized system. Sure, any of a thousand genes can decrease intelligence- they decrease optimization. If all of the thousands of genes are set right, you get a system working properly, and hopefully high intelligence.

To look for a single gene that controls intelligence is like looking for the single part that solves performance issues in all computers everywhere.

Put another way, what's the one gene that controlls health? Hey look, a gene that causes cancer if it's mutated. Behold- the health gene!

I thought this was obvious. Gasoline & battery aren't the only ways to make a car go.

Take this factory option Natural Gas Civic for example:
http://automobiles.honda.com/shop/civic-natural-gas.aspx

With a little work, there's also Hydrogen, compressed air (for really short ranges), and there's always the totally renewable option of burning wood in steam powered cars. Not ver convienient, but it *is* an option.

Mod above troll.

>in the case of George W. Bush (jr), his ultra-low IQ means that he really was genuinely ignorant

Both Snopes & Wikipedia document your fallacy. Bush was around 133. Incidentally, this means his IQ is almost certainly above yours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Presidential_IQ_hoax

Climante Change? Sure, climate is changing. It always has, and always will.

We've had ice ages, we've had warm cycles. The plan is not static.

I see far too many people under the guise of "environmentalist" thinking that the planet's climent at this point in time is the right, correct, and only proper state of the planet.

The switch from a single headed system to a 2 monitor setup was the single best improvment I've ever done.

At work I now have a 4 monitor setup. E-Mail is always open on 1, various Notepad notes and IM converstations on another, and the other 2 for whatever I'm doing.

-Document how a rainbow looks, compaired to a photo at the same time frame. Maybe skeetch/paint something for the rest of us to understand!
-My first thought was to find UV ink, for secret notes. Not sure if such a thing exists....
-Do any TV remotes work on UV instead of IR?
-Some plain old UV LED's wold make for a good night-light that burglers can't see. As others have noted, keep the intensity low!

As long as the solution to the fast "refuel" problem is "just drive your 2nd car", EV's will remain a luxury purchase for the wealthy with guilty eco consciences.

I want a single car to replace my single car. I don't want to have to pay insurance, plates, repairs, maintenance on an extra vehicle. That's saving no money, and not "saving the planet" if that's your thing.

I want an EV because it's: (1) Cool new tech with cool new features, and (2) A lot cheaper per mile*.

* - Unless you factor in battery pack replacement every x years, plus the inevitable per-mile taxes to replace gas tax.

The back story makes for interesting reading. Really. I kind of enjoyed those spams.

http://www.google.com/search?q=time+travel+spammer

Now, 89ft, that's tiny. And these have a bathroom, of differing levels of completeness. http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
Lots of YouTube videos of tours are out there- get the mind thinking about how much wasted space we have.